Hooked up bluetooth earbuds, now having sound problems

mkil5 · February 16, 2019

Everything was working fine with my PC, but I have a set of bluetooth earbuds that I use on my phone. I decided to try them with a game on my PC just for kicks. I didn't like it so I decided to unpair it. Now, the sound from my speakers is not working. I have my speakers set as the default device, but nothing.

Also, for some reason, the PC doesn't want to stream a video or play a file so I can test the audio.

Any one have a clue what is going on?

This is very strange.. Everything was fine until I tried the bluetooth earbuds.

Also, sometimes in the taskbar, the audio has a red x on it, with "The Audio Service is Not Running" when I hover the mouse over it. I have tried the troubleshooter, and nothing.

mkil5 · February 16, 2019

I just got an idea and ran a system restore from last night and that seems to have fixed the problem. But if anyone knows what may have happened, please let me know. I'd like to be able to fix that if I come up to it. I am definitely not hooking those earbuds up to my PC again.